Securing device for plate-glass.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

H. R. RANSOM.

APPLICATION FILED 1m05.190s.

SECURING DEVICE FOR PLATE GLASS.

- citizen of the United States, residing at Pitts- UNITED STATES HENRYR. RANSOM, OF

PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

SECUFUNG DEVICE FOR PLATE-GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed December 5, 1905. Serial No. 290,389.

To @ZZ whom] it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. RANsoM, a

burg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Securing Devices for Plate-Glass;and T do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to means for fastening sections of plate-glasstogether, and is particularly adapted for assembling the lights of glassconstituting' show-windows, counters, &c.

The object of the invention is to provide metallic fastening deviceswhich are held in proper relation to one another by means inclosedwithin the window or case, said devices serving to rigidly fasten theplates of glass either in alinement or at angles to each other and alsoadapted to connect mullionplates or partitions to the joints between theplates.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofbrackets vformed of mctallic strips so shaped as to overlap thecontacting edges of plates of glass and at the same time to receivebetween them one edge of a partition or mullion plate, saidlast-inentioned partition or plate being perforated to receive securingmeans adapted to clamp the brackets upon the partition or plate.

The invention also consists in further novel construction andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings I havel shown the preferred form of myinvention, and in said drawingsi Figure 1 is a front elevation ofportions of two plates connected by means of my improved fasteningdevices. Fig. 2 is a section on line` :1: a', Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailview of a portion of one of the plates and showing the manner ofbeveling the edge thereof to receive one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is asection through plates and the mullion or partition plate disposed atacute angles to each other. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing theformation of the edge of the mullion-plate, and Fig. 6 is a similar viewshowingl the manner of shaping the edge of each of the front plates whendisposed in the manner shown in 4.

Referring to the figures b v numerals of reference, 1 1 are glass plateshaving recesses 2 formed in their abutting edges, the inner i walls ofsaid recesses being beveled, as shown at 3, and the front faces of theplates being slightly recessed, as at 4, so as to receive a hook 5,formed at one end of a metallic strip 6, said hook being so shaped as to'Iit snugly upon the front face of the plate 1 and upon the beveled wallof the recess 2. Two of these metallic strips are utilized, the hooks 5thereof being seated within the respective recesses of the plates 1, andwhen these strips are so located those portions thereof extendingbackward from the plates lie parallel and are adapted to receive betweenthem one edge of a glass plate 7, constituting a partition ormullion-bar. L-shaped brackets S are fitted upon the strips 6 and areadapted to clamp against the inner faces of the plates 1, and when thesebrackets and the strips 6 are in proper positions they are clamped uponthe plate 7 by means of a bolt 9, which extends therethrough and throughapertures 10, formed within brackets S and strips 6.

A nut 11 is adapted to be screwed on the bolt 9, so as to clamp allthese parts together and bind the three plates of glass, so that thesame cannot be separated. There two plates 12 are to be fastenedtogether at an obtuse angle, the abutting edges thereof are grooved, asshown at 13, and these grooves are adapted to receive hooks 14, whichvfit within the grooves and overlap the outer faces of the plates andare formed at one end of a metallic strip 15. Shoulders 16 are producedbetween the hooks 14 and the bodies of the strips 15, and theseshoulders overlap the inner faces of the plates 12, while the strips 15are disposed parallel and are adapted to receive between them a glassplate or mullion-bar 17. This plate is adapted to be Yfastened to thestrips 15 b v means of a bolt 18, having a nut 1S) thereon. There aplate 17 is used in this manner, the same has its edge preferablybeveled in the manner shown in Fig. 5 and provided with grooves 20 toreceive the shoulders 16. By utilizing fastening means such as hereindescribed plates of glass can be secured close together and will befirmly held, and as the means for securing the parts are located insidethe case or window it will be obvious that it becomes absolutelyimpossible to detach the plates except from the inside.

It will of course be understood that the joints can be sealed with anysuitable cenient.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with recessed plates contacting at their adjoiningedges; of a plate disposed in rear of and overlapping thev abuttingedges of the recessed plates; parallel metallic strips secured uponopposite faces of the inwardly-extending plate, hooks upon saidplatesand Within the recesses, said hooks contacting and overlapping theouter faces of the recessed plates and means secured to theinwardly-extending plate for holding the recessed plates Within thehooks.

2. The combination With plates having abutting edges, said edges havingregistering recesses therein of a mullion-plateabutting against andoverlapping the edges of the recessed plates, metallic strips secured toopposite faces of the mullion-plate and hooks integral With said stripsand disposed Within the recesses, said hooks engaging the recessedplates.

3. The combination With plates having abutting edges, said edges havingregistering recesses therein; of a mullion-plate in rear of andoverlapping the abutting edges of the recessed plates, metallic stripssecured to opposite faces of the mullion-plate and overlapping that edgeof the mullion-plate contacting With the recessed plates, said stripscontacting and seated Within the recesses, each strip having an integralhook overlapping the outer face of the recessed plates.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing Wit-nesses.

HENRY R. RANSOM. Witnesses:

F. B. WHEELER, JOHN L. KIRKPATRICK.

